Sequestration: Everything we know that’s happened

Kate Heller, 11, right, and other children participate in the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April, 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Sequestration: Everything we know that's happened

When the annual White House Easter Egg Hunt faced cancellation this year due to the package of mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration, the National Park Service kicked into high gear. It rescued the event — held since 1878 — with money from “corporate sponsors and the sale of commemorative wooden eggs,” according to the Washington Post.The nation’s airline passengers also caught a break last month when Congress passed (and President Obama quickly signed) a bill allowing the Federal Aviation …